It's the week after Labour Day. It's time to be lucky. You know why? Because LUCK stands for Labouring Under Correct Knowledge.

Today is my favourite private holiday - it's the official start of summer. The season that reminds us how good it can be. In fact, the Random House Dictionary defines Summer as “the period of finest development, perfection or beauty previous to any decline.” Well, we'll all decline at some stage but Summer is now.

Lady Gaga is my hero. According to The New York Times (05/22/11), she has become “the flashiest and most ubiquitous pop star of the 21st Century”. She is “the queen that pop needs her to be”. She refreshes her image at Internet speed, while she sells multi-millions of albums and plays to sold-out arenas around the world...

It's Election Time, And I'm Not Talking Federal Politics. Today is Election Day. Surprise, surprise: every day is Election Day. That's the problem with life – it's so daily. 24 hours is the new term of office...

My question is "How many people will reach their limits?" And my answer is "all of us". 10-year storms are becoming regular events.

Hi this is Mike Lipkin and welcome to the Year of The Maestro, pronounced my-he-stroh

We're well into the final quarter of 2010. And here's my mantra: Make this the best quarter ever. Finish 2010 the way you want to begin 2011: on a High.

As promised, here are the top fifty insights I took away with me. I am already using them with great impact. I'm interested in yours.

Welcome back, it's time to get working. July and August are just distant memories but September is here and it's now. So are you recharged? Are you regenerated? Are you ready to rock your world? Because that's what it's going to take.

Since January 1 2010, I've worked with almost 50 000 people from over 100 companies around the world. The top one percent of them are literally amazing. I call them “One-Percenters”. They do things others believe are impossible and that's how they inspire others to do more. I've discovered that they have ten traits in common...